Stamp-back



W. H. NIEMEYER.

STAMP RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 18. I911- Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

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W. H. NIEMEYER.

STAMP RACK. APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 18. 1911.

,3 1 4,893 Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

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WILLIAM H. NIEMEYEB, or BAL'riMoRE COUNTY, MARYLAND. 7

STAMP-RACK.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. N n- MnYnR, a citizen of theUnited States, residing in the county' of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have-invented .certain new and useful Improvements in Stamp-Racks; and

I do. hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art. to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to stamp racks.

. One object of my invention is to provide lurality of stamps and combined with a han -operating mechanism which also acts as a stopping mechanism and a visualindex, so that any one of saidplurality ofstamps can be read:

,. ily moved to and stopped in the position for use.

Another object of my invention is to PTO? vide a case for said rack so thatthe rack can be completely closed when'not in use to prevent the accumulation of dust upon thestamps and co -actin mechanism.

These and further objects of m'y invention are fully described and explained in the following specification, reference, being had to the: accompanying drawings wherein Figurel is a side view ofmy improved stamp rack, part of the case beingbroken away to show one of the shelves for support- H 1 ing the stamps and one of the stamps mounted thereon.

l ig. .2 is a front View of; my improved stamp rack, the middle portion'thereof being broken away. l 3 Fig. 3 isan enlarged detail View of my improved indexing mechanism, partly in section, when viewed in the direction of the arrow3inFig. 1. Fig. iis an enlarged detail view, partly in section, of certain of the parts shown in Fig. 3, when viewed in the direction of the arrow 4.. y

. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section of my im proved stamp support and cooperating parts, taken along the line 5-5 of Fig.1,

looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a section along the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 7 is a view of the index bracket when Specification of Iietters Patent. Patented Sept. 2,1919. Application filed September 18 L191? Seria1No. 19 1,913, i l i ldokiiigfiii' the direction of the arrow 72in Fig.1, j I ig. 8 is a'view of the index bracket when looking in thedii'ection of the arrow 8 in ig.;.9j is a detailof parts hereinafter referredjto. 1 i 7 i Fig. 10is a detail of parts hereinafter IG ferred to. In the drawing's z] I I 151represents a casing which is formed with a bottom 16,sides17 and 18, a front 19, a back 20 and a top 21; these parts may be formed of wood, jmetal or: any suitable composition and joinedtogether any RP? provedway.,", L Near the center of the side 17 ,"a'beari ng stud 22, is secured in any approved manner and abearing 23 is secured on the side 18 in lin e with the bearingstud 22. a i The beari'n 23 has 'aflange 24 formed irvrgrally wit 1 the boss 25 and Said flange and bossfaref provided with a centralihole therethrough in which is revolubly mounted the shaft 26. The flange-2a issecured to the side 18 by screws such as 27 The shaft 26 fits tightlywithin a hole. provided within the flange 28 and said (flange is, provided with a plurality'of bosses 29 upon the outer periphery thereof in whichiare rigidly secured armssuch as 30,-and a spreader 31 is attached to the end of each'arm. The outer surfaces of the spreader 31 are approximately cylindrical in form and adapted to fit snugly within the interiorcylindricalsurface 32iof the flange 33. The shaft 26 is prevented from turning within the flange 28 by means of thepin34c which is driven tightly in holes provided in both. A flange v 35, in all respects similar tothe flange 33, is providedjust within the side 17 and said flange V is provided ;with Spreaders, arms, bosses and a flange 36, in all respects similar to the parts numbered, respectively, 31, 30, 29 and 28 with reference to the flange 33, excepting that the flange 36 is provided with a bearing hole which is revolubly mounted upon the portion 37 of the bearing stud 22. Aplurality of shelves such as BSeXtends between the flanges 33 and 35 and said shelves are secured thereto in any approved manner.

l mounted a, plurality of stamps 'such' as 395' said stamps "beingshown only upon one of:

the shelves in each-of the Figs. 1 and 2.

Each of the-'stamps39 isjprovlded on its.

lower surface with a composition such as 40, the lower surface thereof being molded to fprint as desired. Each of the stamps 39 is provided with-a stampstem 41, and sald stamp stem is provided with a hole therethrough which fits freely vupon the pin 42 between theears 43 43 of the fork &4: and

V said: pin is rivetdwithin holes provided thel frofnt end of the stamp rod 4 5. The

stamp rod '45 slides itreely within thestamp tube 45 and a pin 47 is secured in said rod v slides freel intheslet 48 p'rdvidedin ofsaid'iod statute;

The stamp tube 46 slides freelyhwithin I oles p ovid i th in fears 14 I dffthe fst'ampj guide5Q fand said tubfeis pro upon the pin E57. jandffs tonne i'ntegrallyftherewith andat its inner end h a. fnut' "threaded thereupon th'e 4= ;4 6 h y emp guiueso are formed integrally with the bottom 53 and'fasecon'dpair of be'aringfears tween thefs guide i bearinglears 55' 5 5 o? support 56andthej'ears are provided "w'thholes Which fit; fre'ely' (1 pin is riveted in holesprovidedj iii th ears 55+55:

LL The e rs are l-ifiorm d integrally with thef' .siides' 518%58 of the stamp support 5:6an'd; said sidesare formed integrally with the/bottom 59 jof stamp support. The bottonrj59 is provided with a hole through ing interposed between the head of. "said screw andthe 'bottoini'59. The body of the screw 60 passes through the s'lot 62 which is providedintheshelt 3s and guiding ears which areforn ed. of "the metal: struck out'o'f holes in the sides'58'58, one

I "'liolesisfshown at 64 in Fig; 1," ex tend into thefsl'othgand serve to keep the stamp support 56 "in'theposition 'shown'in Ei'g. whenlsaidistainp'supportis adjusted alongthes'h'elf38, hereinafter explained.

The nut 65 threaded upon the lower V and otthe aew 6O serves to clamp the v stampfsupp'o'rt 56 into w i' ihfitm y 'bQ d- 60 any position into The qpper'e a "f each of" e sides "mp5s isprovided with v a forwardly extending T spring-*earGG. Said spring ears] are bent towardeach other, asshovvn in Fig. 6,"a nd eacho'f'saicl spring earsis'provided with a circular portion 67 adapted to embrace the t1 e tube 4 6,: thus preventing idisengagement is'a'lso provided with a: front curvedend 68 stamp stem 41. Each of 'sjaid' spring ears i for a purpose hereinafter explained. The

lower face of the; stamp handle '69 rests upon the upper edges of the circular 'por tion'sf6767 and serves to support the stamp 39, sis-hereinafter explained. r

v The brackets 70-70, the table vil the inki Q ing pad 72, the guides 73-73, the cover 74,

thebox-shapedportion 75 for covering the inking pad 72 and the fingeijgrips 7,676

having been fully. described "their fl'incif tion's explain'ed'in my a plication for U. i 3

Letters Patent No; 14 126, filed Feb/ 16',

1917, will not be further. described. r

Uponthe cover 74," I providea pl' rality j ofhorizontal lines, as shown'iin Fig. '2,the i iiuniher of said lines beingiequal to'the mu her of the shelves 38' and'eacli'of said'lines' is designated a li'teral placed at the end,

thereof; saidiiitera'l corres'pondingto the literal placed at the ends of each shelf.

I divide thehorizontallxlinesQupon the V cover 4F into 'agplurality of vertical series, the number of sald sjerle'sfcorresponding to the number of stampsithat'areto be placed each shelf; and Ifdesig'nate each series by -numeml,*wliich numerals correspond t'ofthe numerals 'upon the'iront of the V In order to move each shelf to the position shown'asoccupied by the shelf marked Ain Fig. 2,1 provide the followinginstrumentalities bracket 77 is 'provided with japhoriz'ontal portion "80in which is formedf'a fplurality of depressions S1,there"bein g one depres- Abracket 7771's secured to'ithe end 78-of' the table '71 screws such as 79; 'The V ioo.

literals 82, one of which designates each depression, correspond to *the' literals placed upon the front of the shelves. The inner end o' f thef bra'cket '77 is provid'ed with a hole 83 in which is slidably "mounted the ndi /King tube84.-

A collar-"85 is rigidlysecured tOtllGfiiilOIit 7 end Ofthetiibe'S L and sai'd "collaris,formed c integrally withthe arm 86 and fthef l atter terminates in the ball handle 87. To "the rear end ofthetubeBis s'ecured the-collar.

588 i means of the screw "89 and said collar is provided-with the indexing cam f The sleeve "91' ifits "loosely over the' collar 8 8 and is provided with 'a' slot i 92 ;'to permit (ifiree 'motion of the indeircam- The sleeve 91v has afacei93, the latter being provided with 'a"hole which"fits "freely upon the tube84. The rack 'c ollar 94 fits snugly within the jinterior offthe Isleeve"'9 l and is secured thereto by means of the a screw '95. Thus, 'itfwill be noted that thecollar 88 re volves freely withinthesleeve 91 and is kept in position therein "by the "inside faces ofL the face 93 and collar 94.

"The rack-cellar 94 is: provided with a rearward extensionv 96 provided, with a groove 97 in which is fitted the front end of the rack 98 andsaid'rack is secured therein by means of screws such as 99.

' The flange 2491sprovided with a pair of 1 guide brackets 100100 having slots milled to beoperated upon by thecam 90. A third arm 109 is also formed integrally with the indexing lever 107 and said arm extends upwardly andtoward the left midway between the'arms 1061-506 and is provided at its top with-a curved face 110 against which normally rests the'head 1110f the indexing pin 112, saidheadbeing kept in contact with said --curved *face by the pressure of the spring 113. The head 111 is mounted to slide freely within a hole provided in-the indexingpinguide'114 and the latter is securedt'o the side 18 by screws such as 115. The indexing pin guide 114 is provided with a'slot 124C in which freely slides the end of *the arm 1 O9. The inner end of the guide 114"lS pI'OVl(].B ll with a hole throughwhich freely slides-the bodyof the pin 112 and "the end of sai d'vpin is chamfered as. at 116. In order toprovide a guide for the front endof the indexing tube 8 1, I secure therod 117 in a -hole provided in'thefront end of thebracket 77 by means ofthe pin 118 and saidrod :extends rearwardly to about the position shown at 119 in Fig. 4. I In order to provide for stopping the shelves 38, as hereinafter explained, I secure to the flange 33 Ia plurality of indexing sockets 120 'eachtprovided with an indexing hole 121. Said sockets are tightly driven in holes provided in theflange 33 and each socket is provided with :a flange having a chamfered'lportion 122. The holes .121 are made somewhat larger in diameter. than the diameter of the indexing pin 112. The socket forthe shelf A is at .the maximum distance fromthe center of the shaft 26, and the sockets for the other shelves are each icloser'thereto than the next preceding fsocket. l i y In order. to insure that the stamps 39 shall :not becomeiinadvertently' displaced during therotation of the flanges 33 and 35, the stamp guard .125 is provided. This stamp guard is shown iniFigs. 1 and 2 and it con- .sists ,of' apiece of sheet metal which is bent circular in shape and artially surrounds the flanges 33 and 35 an the shelves 38 supported thereby. The inner end of the stamp guard 125 is secured to the back 20 by screws such as 126 shown in Fig. 1, and the front end of said stamp guard is secured to the inside edge of the table 71 by screws such as 127.

Hence, it is evident that during the rotation of the shelves 38, none of the stamps 39 supported thereby can be displaced outwardly by the force of gravity when said stamps are below a horizontal plane through the "center of the bearing stud 22 and shaft 26. It is furthermore evident that when said stamps are above said plane the force of gravity will prevent any displacement thereof.

The operation of rack isas follows:- The operator makes an inspection of the index' mounted on. the front cover iand ascertains .the location where the stamp that he desires to use is indexed; he then notes the literal at the end of the line upon which the stamp is indexedv and the numeral at the head of the vertical series, in which it is indexed. i

The operator then grasps the handle 87 and moves it from the position shown by my improved stamp full lines in Fig.8, which is its normal or locked position, and turns. it in a counter clock-wise direction to the position shown dotted in said figure, in which the arm 86 rests against the stoppingrib 123, formed integrally with the bracket 7 7 Duringthis motion of the handle 87, the cam moves from the position shown dotted in Fig. 3 to vtheljposition shown by full lines in said figure and the indexing pin112 is moved by the spring 113 from the position shown dotted to the position shown by full lines in said figure.

It is evident that whenthe pin 112 is removed from the socket 120, as just described, the flanges '33 and 35 and the shelves supported thereby will be free to move.

The operator then movesthe handle 87 until the arm 86 is over a depression 81, that .is, in line with the literal 82 that corresponds to the literalv upon the end of the horizontal line upon which the stamp which he desires to use is indexed.

This motion of the handle 87 is communicated to the rack 98 because it is evident from an inspection of Fig. 4 that the collar 88 will either push the collar 94 inwardly or pull the sleeve 91 outwardly, according to the direction in which the handle 87 is moved, and since the sleeve 91 and collar 94:

are locked togetherby thescrew 95, it is evident that the rack 98 has the same longitudinal movement as the handle 87.

a It is furthermore evident that since the collar 88 works freely within the sleeve 91 and between the inside faces of the vface'93 and the collar=94,and also, since clearance is provided by the slot; 92 around the cam 90, any lmotion of-revolution communicated to the tube 84 by thehandle 87 will, not be communicated to the rack .98;

a The motion of the arm 87 just-described, is communicated by the rack 98 to the gear wheel-l and turns the latter and the b flanges 33 and until the shelf, that cor responds tothe literal 82; that is opposite the 'armx86, reaches the position shown ;as

' occupiedby the-shelf A? in Fig. 1.

The operator then moves the handle 87 in a clockwise direction from the position shown by full. lines in Figs. 1 and 2 and by dotted lines in Fig.8 to the position shown by full lines in the latter figure. During this motion of the handle 87, the cam 90 willmove from the position shownfkby full lines in Fig. 3 to "thewposition shown by dotted lines in said-figure and movethe pin 112 from the positionfsho-wn by ifull lines totheposition shown by dotted lines, thus introducing the point of-said pin within-the hole 121 of thesocketplQO and locking the shelf in place. ii

is provided to insure easy It is to be noted that the chamfer 116 entrance of the point 112 withinthe'hole 121. v

' The operator then-applieshis hand to the stamp handle 69 and" pulls it toward him. This will remove the stamp stem '41 from the circular portion'67-of the stamp support 5.6." The-operator will then continue the forward movement of the stamp handle.

until the composition 40-i's abovejthesta'mp pad 72. He will then 'press theghandle-69 downwardly and bring said {composition againstsaid pad "tozink 'same.

" A further forward movement of thestamp handle 69*will bringathe stamp 39 above the object that is to be stamped, which is resting uponthe :table 71,"and a downward pressure of'the stamp will stamp the object. The operator thenmoves the stamp handle 69- rearwardly and forces it between the front curved *ends 68 of the stamp support 56"and allows it to pass within thecircular portions'67 and thelatter support thecomposition'40 out'of contactwiththe shelf 38- and will also retain said stampstemwithin said curved portions; v r

'It-ris to, be noted that durlng the forward and-rearward movements of thehandle 69,

'38 may be adjustedlongitudinally by-loosen- ,I'novement.

,ingc the nut 65,;moving-the stamp to' %the desired position, then tightening said nut.

Icla1n1a V v V 1.. Ina stamp track, the {combination with a casing, of flanges revolubl-y' mounted -therein, shelvesasupportedi said flanges, a

gear wheel connected \toone ofsaidflanges,

a rack meshing with said gear, a handle connected to said; rack, index sockets on one of said flanges and an :index vpin operated .by said handle .and cooperatingwithqsaid sockets to stopsaidfiangesl 5 I 2. In axstamprackgthe combination a.casing,: of gflanges. ;revolubly ,mounted therein, shelves supported by' said flanges, a gear wheel connectedvto one of said flanges,

a rackmeshing with} saidigejar, index: sockets V onone ofsaid flanges,-.anindex.pin coiip'erating Withsaid sockets to lockesaidflangeand p ahandle connected to said rack andhaving aitranslatory movement toloperate said rack and fa; rotatory :movement to t i Said pm. r r

3; In aEStampjraek, theacombination with a casing, of fianges; revolubly' mounted therei1i,-- shelves supportedzrbyusaid' flanges, agear wheel conneetedrtoione aof said-flanges, a' rack meshing with said gear, a handle connectedto saidrack andhaving a rotatory motion independent .of said rack and notches supported :by said casing for {the reception ofsaidhandle atwonelimit of rotatory 4'. Inastamprack,'the-combination a1' casing, of Jflanges revolubly mounted therein, shelves. supported by said flanges, a gear wheel connectedito one of sa1d}flange's,

a rack meshing with saidjgea'raa handleicone nected :to saidrackwandyhaving a ilfotatory. i motion (independent of; said}--raek,: index sockets onaoneaofsaidflanges,:an1index pin" operated bysaid handle cooperating with said sockets to slockasaid g fia-nge and a rib supported by said casing for: stopping said handle at one limitxof its rotatory move- 5. .1111 a Sat-1 m, the ebiiibiaaiba with a a casingpo ff" flangesrevolublylmounted therein,-shelves supported-by .said flanges'a L gear;wheelrconnectedto one of said flanges, a rack meshing -with' said gear, index sockets f on one of saidfiangespan index pin coiiperating with-said sockets to lock said flange,-a' handle connected :to {said mack l. and having a translatory I movement: to operate said rack and a rotatory movement "to ioperateflsaid pin, a lever for mo-v ingsaidf pin into said sockets,a spring for :removing'said pinfrom said sockets, and a cam connected to said I handle foroperating saidalevert "g6;'*In a stamp rack the combination of a onsaid support sliding in said slot. I "7. In a stamp 'rack," thel combination :of a

shelfwith a slot-therethrough, a-stamp sup j port'mounted thereon, and a pair 0f ears shelf, with a stamp support mounted thereon, a pair of circular portions on said stamp support and a stamp stem yieldingly held therein against movement in one direction and rigidly supported thereby against movement in another direction.

8. In a stamp rack, the combination with a stamp support comprising a bottom, a pair of sides, a pair of circular portions, and a pair of curved front portions formed integrally of a stamp guide pivoted to said sides, a stamp rod sliding in said guide, a fork on the end of said rod and a stamp stem pivoted within said fork.

9. In a stamp rack, the combination with shelves and means for revolubly supporting said shelves, of stamps slidably mounted upon said shelves and a stamp guard located to prevent sliding of said stamps except at predetermined positions.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

WILLIAM H. NIEMEYER.

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